Adjustable shade-roller and curtain-pole bracket.



J. BAUM.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN POLE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. 1911.

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JOHN BAU'M, OF EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE-ROLLER AND CURTAIN-POLE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1911.

Patented Dec.'19, 1911.

Serial No. 628,646.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BAUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Easton, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Shade- Roller and Curtain-Pole Brackets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable shade roller and curtain pole brackets.

One object of the invention is to provide a bracket of this character having means whereby the same may be adjusted or extended both longitudinally and vertically.

Another object is to provide an adjustable shade roller and curtain pole bracket which will be simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive in construction and which may be readily attached to any window frame.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of the upper portion of a window frame showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a top plan view of one of the brackets.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes my improved brackets, said brackets comprising attaching members 2, the inner ends of which are in the form of angle iron plates 3 adapted to fit the upper edge or corner of the top of the window frame, to which said plates are secured by screws 4 or other suitable fastening devices. On the angle iron plates 3 of the attaching members are formed longitudinally extend-- ing slotted plates 5 to which are adjustably secured the shade roller receiving members of the brackets.

As will best be seen from Fig. 3, each plate 5 standsforward of the depending portion of the angle iron 3 to which it is secured so that the inner face of the plate stands in the same plane as the outer face of said depending portion and will therefore be spaced forward of the plane of the front space of the window frame. This I accomplish by connecting the late 5 to the angle iron 3 by means of an o set shoulder 19.

The shade roller supporting members comprise vertically disposed base plates 6 adapted to lie flat against the front face of the window frame and at their upper ends to extend up behind the slotted plates 5 as best seen in Fig. 2. Here the base plates 6 are provided with forwardly projecting and spaced guide lugs 7 which engage the upper and lower edges of the plates 5 of the attaching members 2. The upper ends of the base plates. 6 when thus engaged are adjustably secured to said plates 5 by a clamping plate 8 which is engaged with the outer side of the plate 5 inner side a rearwardly projecting guide lug 9 which engages the slot in the plate 5 as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Secured through the upper end of the base plate 6 and the lug 9 and clamping plate 8 is a clamping bolt 10, on the end of which is arranged a thumb nut 11. When the nut 11 is tightened up on the bolt 10 the parts of the bracket connected by the bolt will be firmly clamped together and the roller sup porting member of the bracket thus securely fastened in its adjusted position on the attaching member.

On the base plate 6 of the roller supporting member is formed a right angular outwardly projecting bearing flange 12 in which is formed the bearing notches or holes 13 for the pintles of the shade rollers. It will be noted that the flanges 12 are provided with upper and lower notches or holes 13 thus permitting the shade roller to be supported in the bearings at different elevations;

and has formed on its In the flanges 12 immediately below the notches or holes 13 are formed bolt holes 14 with which are adapted to be engaged the attaching bolts 15 of the curtain pole supporting members 16, here shown and preferably made in the form of hooks having square or flat upper inner edges which, when said hooks are engaged with the bolts 15 are adapted to fit into close engagement with the face of the base plate 6 of the bracket, thus firmly supporting the curtain pole. By providing upper and lower bolt holes 14: the hooks 16 may be.secured to the bracket in different positions for supporting the pole at diflerent. elevations. The bolts 15 are provided with clamping nuts 17 which when screwed up into engagement with the hooks, firmly secure the same in place. By connecting the. roller and pole supporting members with the slotted plates 5 of the attaching members, said supporting members may be adjusted laterally to different positions for receiving shade rollers and curtain poles of different lengths, thereby obviating the necessity of taking down and changing the position of the brackets to accommodate rollers or poles of different lengths.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isz-- 1. In a bracket of the class described, the combination with an attaching member including an angle plate and means for securing itover a horizontal corner, an attaching plate having a horizontal slot, and an ofl'sctshoulder between and integral with the two plates and holding the inner face of the slotted plate in the same plane as the outer face of the depending portion of the angle plate; of a supporting member including an upright base plate adapted to lie against the face of the window frame with its upper extremity passing behind said slot-ted plate and having forwardly projecting lugs extending above and below the plate, a bolt passing through the base plate between its lugs and projecting through the slot in said slotted plate, a clamping plate on said bolt forward of the slotted plate, and a thumb nut on the front end of the bolt against the clamping plate.

2. In a bracket of the class described, the combination with an attaching member including an angle plate and means for securing it over a horizontal corner, an attaching plate having a horizontal slot, and an offset shoulder between and integral with the two plates and holding the inner face of the slotted plate in the same plane as the outer face of the depending portion of the angle plate; ofa supporting member including an upright base plate adapted to lie against the face of the window frame with its upper extremity passing behind said slotted plate and having forwardly projecting lugs extending above and below the plate, a clamping plate forward of the slotted plate hnd having a single rearwardly projecting lug extending through the slot in the slotted plate, a bolt projecting through the base plate between its'lugs, through the slot in the slotted plate, and through the lug in the clamping plate, and a thumb nut on the forward end of said bolt.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN BAUM.

Vitnesses CHAS. B. BRUNNER, JOHN BRUNNER.

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